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Professor Adam H. Rosenzweig concentrates his research and teaching in the area of tax law and policy. An expert in international and federal income tax law with an LL.M. in taxation, he is the co-author of a casebook on federal income taxation, now in its eighth edition. His other publications have appeared in law journals and reviews on legal issues ranging from the hidden costs of a modern income tax to harnessing the costs of international tax arbitrage. In addition to his teaching and writing, Professor Rosenzweig is a frequent speaker throughout the country, presenting such topics as tax havens; carried interests; taxing offshore investment funds; and taxation of derivatives. Before becoming a law professor, he clerked for the Hon. James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He then practiced law with the New York City firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he focused on federal income tax law and specialized in the areas of private equity, hedge funds, equity derivatives, and cross-border capital markets.